Name/Title
Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to Mary (Molly) HamiltonEntry/Object ID
HHV 005.47Description
Letter from Alexander Hamilton III to Mary (Molly) HamiltonSubject
Patois, “Junelo”, “Los Toros del puerto”Subject Person/Organization
Alexander Hamilton III (1816-1889), Mary Morris Hamilton (1818-1877), Sebastián de IradierSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Andalusia, Spain, Barcelona, SpainCollection
Hamilton Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Tuesday Morn’g June 13th
I have been making this collec: / tion for you this morning with the / aid of Yradier, who is the best judge, / and composer in the city : The songs you / will see are in a patois or bad Spanish / of Andalusia : They are exceedingly / pretty when sung in the Spanish / manner, particularly “Junelo”, and / “Los Toros del puerto” :- Mad’e Yradier / sand them so sweetly that I was / tempted to buy the whole collection _ / I have heard some of the waltzes / and like them much.
The Young Telemachus is off
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At daylight tomorrow, thro’ the / disturbed district to Barcelona, / I hope the Insurgents will properly / respect his official station as / attaché, and bearer of Despatches, / and permit to pass freely _
We are here at present as if in / the midst of a Camp : troops mar: / :ching + countermarching, artillery / travelling about; and extras from / the revolted district crying about / from morning to night _ In the / midst of the row, the summer, has /
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Really commenced, and the heat is to / great that the forced marches and / the fighting must be particularly / disagreeable :
We are in the happy expec: / tation of letters by the G. Western / in two or three days.
Yours affectionately
A.H.
I hope this will arrive about the / middle of August : how I should / like to hear these pieces on your / new piano! __
Miss M. M. H.
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[MUSIC]
LOS DIABLOS SUELTOS
VALS COREADO
Del. Mtro. Yradier.
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[SIGNATURE - Yradier]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
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H 881 a-bGeneral Notes
Note Type
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Library
